How to win with a jawbone

And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. Judges 15:13, 14

 Samson is here betrayed by his countrymen the Israelites who out of fear, decide to hand him over to the enemy. They pledge to only bind him with new ropes and hand him to the people who seek his life. Observe therefore that;